Love Live stars Yazawa Niko and Nishikino Maki, popularly known as “NikoMaki” sparked outrage this week by visiting Tokyo’s notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japanese soldiers killed in World War II,…

KYOTO — Sources from the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) confirmed last Sunday that an overwhelming majority of anime each season are never actually aired on television.Though more than thirty new…

OSAKA — While the critical reception of the new anime Ping Pong the Animation has been generally positive, Tatsunoko Productions has been overwhelmed with fan complaints that they cannot follow the dialogue…

AMSTERDAM – The adult Japanese fanworks community website E-Hentai.org has seen the creation of a literary criticism movement that hopes to improve that state of fan-submitted works by amateur translators….

It has been almost five years since anime watchers were introduced to the Saki franchise. Its lucid blend of yuri overtones, fanservice, and ridiculous shounen motifs captivated viewers who otherwise would…